John Nestor


John Oliver Nestor was a U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical officer.
In 1972 he was transferred out of the FDA's Bureau of Drugs. Robert G. Vaughn wrote in his book "The Successes and Failures of Whistleblower Laws" that he "became one of the best-known FDA whistleblowers of all time." He later received an apology and was returned to his position.
He also achieved fame in the Washington, D.C. area in 1984 after The Washington Post published his letter describing his favored driving method: On highways Nestor would settle his vehicle in the far left lane and set the cruise control at the speed limit, at the time 55 mph. He would not move to the right for drivers behind him. "Why," he asked, "should I inconvenience myself for someone who wants to speed?" Nestor also believed he was performing a public service by forcing people to obey the nationwide 55 mile-per-hour speed limit.
Nestor's letter enraged many motorists and led Paul J. Leonard to coin the term 'Nestoring' to describe the practice in another letter to the editor. Nestor died of renal failure in 1999 at the age of 86.